When I woke Wednesday morning, Jessica was gone and it was 9:30. I found my bedroom empty as well, showered, dressed and headed downstairs. Dad was working and Tommy was reading on the couch. Quietly, he informed me that Jessica had accompanied Jilly to her appointment to have her IUD removed, in case anesthesia were needed, and Angie had gone over to her parents' house to box up more of her belongings that she hadn't had time to pack after Thanksgiving.
He had a grocery shopping list from Mom, so after a quick bite and fixing a travel mug with coffee, we took my car to get the shopping done and stay out of Dad's way at least until lunch time.
"Today is one step closer to getting Jilly pregnant," Tommy said. "Nervous?"
"I'm really not," I answered. "It was an easy decision, once everyone agreed that we wouldn't keep my involvement a secret. Jilly wants a baby who will also represent Mom and Dad's DNA and I can provide that, although not in equal thirds. Unlike your future kids with Jess, this one will be 50% Jilly."
"Because my kids will also have some of Sam's DNA?" Tommy asked.
"25% for each grandparent, on average," I responded.
"You rattle that stuff off so easily. And I thought I was the math geek in this family. But I get lost with all the half-sibling, half-cousin stuff."
"It's basically just figuring out powers of two as fractions, half, quarter, eighth, etc, per generation and each shared ancestor. The difference between full and half is having two common ancestors instead of one. It would be easier to show you the math on paper, though."
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Angie, Jessica and Jilly were back by the time Tommy and I finished shopping. Anesthesia had not been needed and Jilly was feeling fine, greeting me with a long kiss and a whispered, "Next week, 'Daddy'."
A chill ran up my spine from being called that.
We put the groceries away, then made and ate lunch, while I showed Tommy the math related to estimating genetic inheritance, which he picked up quickly.
After lunch, Dad resumed work and Jilly left to meet her assistant manager about preparations to open the club the next night.
The other four of us then left to see "The Last Jedi", then in it second week. It didn't reach the high expectations of the franchise's most fervent fans, but those are beginning to feel too lofty for any film to possibly meet, when every casting decision gets criticized as soon as it's announced. Calling the highest grossing movie of 2017 a failure makes no sense, though. As a way to spend two and a half-hours in a theater, I've certainly had far worse experiences, even at movies ranked higher on the highest gross list.
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"What are the bed pairings tonight?" I asked, over dinner.
Jilly said, "I'm still bleeding, so I thought I'd go over to my house to get some packing done and then sleep there."
Dad said, "Jess and I will help you, then spend the night, too. Something about wanting to have sex with me in that bedroom at least once before the move."
Angie turned to Mom and said, "It ought to be my turn with Tommy and yours with Derek, but do you maybe feel like a foursome with them instead of being two pairs?"
Mom answered, "That sounds great. I just need to get some of my own packing done first."
Between the four of us, we filled three garment boxes plus two regular boxes of clothes to keep and one for donation, before packing turned into a lingerie show featuring Mom and Angie.
Tommy and I were down to our underwear, lounging on the bed as Mom and Angie kept changing in the walk in closet and coming out in increasingly skimpy outfits to model and tease for us. After a half dozen changes, they stopped at the foot of the bed and began making out with each other.
Whether intentional or not, Mom and I were on the left side of the bed while Tommy and Angie were to my right. So, when he and I crawled to the foot of the bed and stood to join them, I paired with Mom.
She was in a nearly-transparent pink chemise that boosted her breasts into tantalizing cleavage and I buried my face into her boobs, kissing from side to side. Angie was in a black teddy with a plunging neckline and Tommy already had a hand under the right side as he nuzzled her neck.
Mom's hand slipped into the boxer briefs I had on and squeezed my turgid shaft. "Someone's pretty turned on already," she muttered.
"It's hard... not to use the word hard, when I'm near either of you. I've got the sexiest family around, I think."
"You're only related to half of the women," Mom said.
"I meant the seven of us are a single family now. More in the group marriage sense than parents and children, although it's obviously still both."